More Home Cooking: A Writer Returns to the Kitchen - Hardcover

Colwin, Laurie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060168498 ISBN 13: 9780060168490

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1993

Synopsis

The late author of Home Cooking combines her writing skills with her love of cooking in a collection of essays on food and entertaining that discuss the challenges of being a working mother. 25,000 first printing. National ad/promo.

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Review

"Colwin's writing is down-to-earth and friendly, as though she is presenting little morsels she has prepared just for you. There are no frills or tricks. Like a classic dish, her writing's magic in its simplicity."--"Charlotte Observer"Filled with essays about food, family, and life...Her writing is a treat...It's a joy to read--the kind of work that makes you want to get cooking yourself."--"Boston Phoenix"We all need a best friend when we are at home cooking; this is the next best thing."--"Seattle Weekly

Laurie Colwin teaches us how to cook, eat, deal with disasters, write and live. We turn to her books for a kind of comfort and sustenance that only she can provide. --Emily Gould, author of "Friendship""

The first time I read Laurie Colwin I knew I d found the friend I d always wanted to join me in the kitchen. Warm, funny, and unpretentious . . . Her recipes were easy and delicious. All these years later...I turn to Laurie Colwin. And she never lets me down. --Ruth Reichl, author of "Delicious!""

"Laurie Colwin teaches us how to cook, eat, deal with disasters, write and live. We turn to her books for a kind of comfort and sustenance that only she can provide."--Emily Gould, author of Friendship

"The first time I read Laurie Colwin I knew I'd found the friend I'd always wanted to join me in the kitchen. Warm, funny, and unpretentious . . . Her recipes were easy and delicious. All these years later...I turn to Laurie Colwin. And she never lets me down."--Ruth Reichl, author of Delicious!

About the Author

Laurie Colwin is the author of five novels: Happy All the Time; Family Happiness; Goodbye Without Leaving; Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object; and A Big Storm Knocked It Over; three collections of short stories: Passion and Affect, Another Marvelous Thing, and The Lone Pilgrim; and two collections of essays: Home Cooking and More Home Cooking. She died in 1992.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0060168498
• ISBN 13: 9780060168490
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English